Step 3: Make the tail

Step 4: How to write high

Before you use the High Writer to communicate your message on a large scale, you will need to: practice writing with the high writer, prepare and load...

NYC writer KATSU demonstrates the functionality of the latest tool from the Graffiti Research Lab: The High Writer. Drawing on previous paint-pole designs from innovators like Barry McGee and the Citizens Against Ugly Street Spam, the High Writer is a tool that amplifies the scale and height of marks rendered with a spray can. The high writer is easily constructed from materials available at Home Depot and your local bike shop. All praise be to the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab.

The prototype High Writer will be auctioned off at the "If They Come for You in the Morning" Benefit Gallery Show for Daniel McGowan hosted by Visual Resistance. All proceeds from the show will benefit the legal fund of environmental and social justice activist Daniel McGowan.

I don't get why people are assaulting the comment box, but I think this really shows an incredible degree of ingenuity and artistic passion. Go for it man, I hope to see some high-rise art in Philly. Great work.

Graffiti is another form of "freedom of press, expression, etc." that the first amendment gives to us, so everybody may say what they like on this instructable, cause you have that right, but when you start hurting feelings you don't have that right. so be kind and don't be un-patriotic you greedy, selfish single-minded people. nice instructable though, don't think it will be easy for transport though. :D

What I like about this is that it keeps the criminals preoccupied and his hands busy so I am free to come up behind them and kick their balls up through the top of their head for tagging something that doesn't belong to them. Fun indeed.

If you are painting on something that does not belong to you, or you were not contracted to do it, there is no difference. If you are painting something that you paid for, something that actually belongs to you, have at it. Art is subjective, and some of us "haters" think your "art" looks like crap and do not want to look at it all over our buildings.

Stop being such a douch. You bitched about my exaust thing, and now this. Just deal with the fact that you can't control society, unless you decide you want to threaten or kill people. once again, you sir, may go F**k yourself

So tell me, what makes you think you can roam around in society vandalizing other peoples' property, and disrupting others' peace and quiet? Did you once ever stop and think that maybe people don't want to look at your crap or listen to your obnoxiously loud vehicle? Did the universe suddenly start revolving around you? Attitudes like yours will eventually land you in jail.

what about the corporate vandalism we all live with everyday? The billboards, signs on buses, fliers and posters which litter walls and streets often put up with harmful glues? Why should a corporation like McDonald's have the right to decide what the aesthetic of our environment is? Do you really want to look at garish and unsightly advertisements which demean our intelligence and objectify us? Did the universe suddenly start revolving around advertising? Attitudes like yours have put us in the social and economic positions we are now.

First off, I dont spray paint walls, thought I'd clear that up. and, attitudes like mine will land me in jail? .... well thinking that the world should be perfect and should conform to everyone elses standards isnt going to get you anywhere

Hey "jesus"- It looks like you seem to have an identity problem. Why have you decided to call yourself Jesus? Do you value the real Jesus? Those who do would never speak to anyone as you just did. Chew on that for awhile.

Having to tape up the can is a big time waster. Replace the water bottle holder with a small platform to support the can [think scrap of wood], and use a velcro strap to hold the can in place. This also makes it quick change for different colors.

I'd replace the tape buildup to hold the spraycan snug with loops of bike innertube or surgical tubing. It wouldn't have to be redone each time you needed to reload and it would make it easier to get the nozzle in the same position each time